Paper holder and folder.



F. SCHILZ.

PAPER HDLDER AND'FOLDER.

(Application led Oct. 9, 1900.)

No. 67.,343. Patented Nov. 26, mol.

(No Model.)

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FRANK SOHILZ, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HUGO LOEWEN* BACH, OFMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

PAPER HOLDER AND FOLDER.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 687,343, datedNovember 26, 1901.

i Application tiled October 9. 1900. Serial No. 32,496. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SOHILZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wiscousin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Paper Holders'and Folders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper holders and folders, andpertains especially to that class of paper-holders used fortoilet-paper, in which the withdrawal of one sheet of paper causes apartial discharge of -the next, thus permitting all the sheets to bewithdrawn by pulling on the exposed portion of each sheet as it projectsfrom the holder.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a more efficient andreliable means for communicating motion from each sheet to partiallydischarge the next second, to provide means whereby the sheets arefolded while being discharged, and, third, to provide a form ofconstruction in which it will not be necessary to bind the package ofsheets together.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my invention. Fig. 2 isa similar View, partially broken away, to show the arrangement of thefeed-rollers. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of thesame. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the feed-roller and rotating guidegeared together.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters throughout theseveral Views.

An inclosing cabinet A is provided with a transverse slot B in its frontwall at or near its longitudinal center. Within the cabinet I haveprovided a feed-roller O, located in proximity to the slot and parallelthereto, with an opposing-guide l) preferably slightly separated fromthe roller C, so as to leave a narrow opening between the guide androller, through which the paper is fed to the slot. The guide Dpreferably consists in a roller similar to the roller C and arranged torun idle by frictional contact with the paper, although it may, ifdesired, be driven from the roller C by suitable gearing, as shown inFig. 4, or it may be located in contact with the roller() and drivendirectly therefrom. A third roller E- is located above the roller C andconnected with the latter by rubber belts F or other suitablemotion-transmitting connections. The rollers are surfaced with sandpaperor other frictional material, although if the guide D is made stationaryit should be smooth-surfaced to avoid friction thereon.

A package G of unbound paper sheets is placed on end within the cabinetand held in position by means of a pressure-plate H, which is slidablymounted by means of laterallyprojecting studs I in diagonal guides J,whereby the plate is permitted to move downwardly and forwardlyagainstthe paper, the plate being of sufficient weight to produce the requisitepressure of the paper against the rollers.

The rear Wall K of the cabinet is made removable and is adapted toibenormally held in position by a locking-rod L, which passes through theside Walls of the cabinet and retaining-loops M on the rear wall.

An actuating-knobis N preferably secured to the roller O-and projectsfrom the cabinet in a position to be grasped by the user to facilitatestarting the first sheet.

Q represents ribs or fianges projecting inwardly from the respectiveside walls of the cabinet and adapted to iit counterpart recesses in thepaper, thus making it necessary to adjust the sheets properly in orderto insert them in the cabinet. anges also serve to Asupport the paperand prevent it from being crowded downwardly to the lower part of thecabinet by the pressure-plate.

The ribs Q do not extend to the rollers, but are terminated at such adistance from the vertical plane of the rollers as to leave the frontsheet or sheets of the package of the paper unsupported. Otherwise theseribs would interfere with the withdrawal of the front sheet.

On turning the knob motion is communicated from the roller C to thefront sheet of paper by frictional contact and to the roller E throughthe medium of the belts F. As the roller O and guideD revolve inopposite directions, the paper in contact therewith will be folded andfed through the slot between them, as shown in Fig. 3. The sheet maythen be These ribs or IOO grasped and pulled out, when the finalmovement of the roller,together with the frictional Contact ofthewithdrawn sheet, will cause the next sheet to fold and be sufcientlydischarged to expose the folded edge in a position to be grasped andwithdrawn. The entire package may thus be withdrawn in successive sheetswithoutfurther recourse to the knob.

The roller E facilitates the discharge of the second sheet, as it willcome in direct contact therewith as soon as the end of the first sheetpasses below it. This roller may, however, be dispensed with, ifdesired; but the paper must then be fed outby means of the knob, as theuse of the third roller E is essential if i-t is desired to have thesecond sheet fed out sufficiently to be grasped by the operator du r ingthe withdrawal of the preceding sheet.v

The reason for this is that the roller E servesy as a starter for thesecond sheet as it comes in contact with such sheet, while the preced`ing sheet is still in contact with the rollers C and D, which areactuated thereby, and as the roller E is driven from the roller O it isobvious that the upper portion of the second sheet will be pusheddownwardly and drawn in between the rollers C and D and between the endsof the preceding sheet, so that when such preceding sheet is entirelyremoved the folded edge of the next succeeding sheet will projectthrough the slot B; but the construe-1 tion shown, being more efficientand reliable, is preferred. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a suitable receptacle, provided'with a slot inone of its walls; a set of three rollers mounted in the interior of saidreceptacle, in proximity to said slotted wall, two of said rollers beinglocated on one side of said slot, and having driving connections witheach other, and the third roller being located on the opposite side ofthe slot from that occupied by the other two; together with means forsupporting sheets of paper in contact with said rollers.

2. The combination with a suitable receptacle having a set of threerollers, located in proximity to one of the walls of said receptacle,and a slot in said wall two of said rollers being located on one side ofsaid slot and having driving connections with each other, and the thirdroller being located on the opposite side ot4 the slot from thatoccupied by the other two; `means for supporting sheets of paper incontact with the rollers; and paper-supporting ribs or flanges extendingalong the side walls of the receptacle to points near the plane of therollers, but terminating at such a distance from the rollers, as toleave the front sheet of paper unsupported by said ribs or flanges.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

FRANK SCHILZ.

Witnesses:

LEvERETT C. WHEELER, vMARGERY WALDo.

